The Real World: Chicago

[6][7][8] This was the first season of The Real World to feature two openly gay cast members[citation needed], Chris Beckman and Aneesa Ferreira.

A previous season, The Real World: Hawaii, featured two LGBT cast members: Justin Deabler, who is gay, and Ruthie Alcaide, who is bisexual.

The cast resided in a loft at 1934 West North Avenue[12] in the Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park, which had formerly served as a sweatshop, storage facility, and after falling into disrepair, a drug den in the 1980s.

In the late 1990s, it served as the space for Steven Ivcich Acting Studio where Johnny Kastl studied before moving to Los Angeles.

She appeared on multiple Challenges before leaving the show's unstable environment, quit drinking due to alcoholism, and returned to Washington to live a regular life and own a salon.

[43][44] In 2017, Aneesa Ferreira appeared on MTV's Fear Factor, where she was paired with Laurel Stucky from The Challenge: Fresh Meat II.

Amateur footage of Ed Marszewski protesting at the location during the production in 2001. Chalk slogans read: "I'm not an actor in my neighborhood" [ 3 ]
The season residence on July 16, 2001, note the vandalism (red paint on the door) [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and street-level brick that has been worn due to graffiti and its continued removal. The red paint was visible in the show, but the protests were not.